David J. Teece is the Chairman of Berkeley Research Group, LLC, and Thomas W. Tusher Chair in Global Business and director of the Institute of Management, Innovation, and Organization at the Haas School of Business

Haas School of Business

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, University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

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. Teece received his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics

Economics

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 from the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

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. Teece is a researcher in the fields of corporate strategy and innovation

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 who in 2002 was listed among the "Top 50 Business Intellectuals

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" by Accenture

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